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1876–2024
Congressional District 4·Washington

Washington 4th Congressional District has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
WA
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
694,493
2024 ACS

Washington 4th Congressional District, Washington: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+21%. Republican peak: R+49 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+21MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
694,4932024 5-year
Median household income
$77,3192024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
58.3%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
38.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+27 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+49 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
17 counties · 2 D · 15 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−20.7%
108,268167,265284,813
R
−17.5%
117,847169,808296,735
R
−21.7%
81,859133,996239,939
R
−20.4%
88,139135,122230,639
R
−17.9%
88,958128,723221,980
R
−27.7%
73,068130,399206,629
R
−28.3%
63,918117,250188,513
R
−7.8%
67,08380,225167,636
R
−8.1%
56,74670,094164,845
R
−17.9%
58,57784,563145,252
R
−29.5%
56,503104,722163,484
R
−26.0%
49,63189,405152,888
R
−13.3%
56,11474,147135,085
R
−24.1%
44,05674,314125,706
R
−11.6%
46,24359,840117,172
D
+16.7%
69,49249,504119,388
R
−9.3%
53,85564,891119,227
R
−11.0%
51,15163,776115,114
R
−20.0%
41,59562,610104,862
D
+6.6%
42,73037,31981,526
R
−5.1%
31,06734,42865,918
D
+2.5%
34,85133,11268,426
D
+26.5%
34,93519,55057,970
D
+15.7%
26,21518,62148,225
R
−41.6%
11,42527,93039,698
R
−42.9%
4,60319,95735,754
R
−33.9%
8,73821,16236,631
D
+2.9%
15,57114,59933,077
O
+6.6%
9,1927,15630,771
R
−25.2%
5,3989,58116,591
R
−49.0%
2,3647,90511,302
R
−7.4%
2,9353,4246,628
D
+19.8%
3,6952,4636,209
R
−14.4%
1,4702,1834,937
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.8%
English
10.3%
Irish
7.4%
American
5.0%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.9%
Italian
1.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.0%
2.1%
75–84
2.5%
4.8%
65–74
4.9%
5.6%
55–64
5.6%
5.6%
45–54
5.4%
6.5%
35–44
6.1%
6.9%
25–34
6.5%
4.6%
18–24
4.3%
10.4%
5–17
9.9%
3.4%
<5
3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,319
Congressional District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 4$77,319
Washington$98,141
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.5%
Working age (18–64)12.6%
Seniors (65+)12.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
68.3%
speak English only
Spanish28.8%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
19.5%
Other Christian
18.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Baptist
1.4%
Non-Christian
0.9%
Methodist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington 4th Congressional District sits in the Pacific Northwest. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Washington 4th Congressional District reached its widest at forty-nine points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,319, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 694,493 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Congressional District 4, Washington — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/5304/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 4, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 4, Washington voted Republican by 20.7 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 284,813 votes cast, 108,268 went Democratic and 167,265 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 4, Washington's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 4, Washington as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 26 times, and other 1 times.
When did Congressional District 4, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 4, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Congressional District 4, Washington?
Congressional District 4, Washington has a population of 694,493 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 4, Washington?
Median household income in Congressional District 4, Washington is $77,319 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Congressional District 4, Washington?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 4, Washington from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.